“Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.”
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He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
